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German strike - 1922 - crowded transport.

Railway workers' strike creates overcrowding on public transportation in Berlin; Germany; 1922. Berliners climbing onto the back of a truck. They ride standing up & crowded together as truck drives down street. Crowd on street at a subway entrance. Great shot: as man opens gate; masses of people hurry down stairway toward camera. Shots of densely packed crowd on subway platform pushing; trying to squeeze into the cars of the train. Labour unions; strikes; cities; commuters; travel; trains; Weimar Republic.